BLOOD GLUCOSE MONITORING SYSTEM
QUICK REFERENCE GUIDE
Basic Testing See your CONTOUR
®
User Guide and MICROLET
®
2 insert for complete instructions.
Remove the endcap
from the M
ICROLET
®
2
lancing device.
In one hand, hold the
lancing device with
your thumb on the
grip indent, and with
your other hand, hold
the gray endcap dial as shown. Gently snap
off the endcap.
Place the round
protective lancet cap
on a fl at surface with
the Bayer logo facing
down.
With the used lancet
still in the lancing
device, push the
lancet needle completely into the middle of the
exposed side of the cap.
Eject the lancet following the instructions in
your lancing device insert.
Getting Ready to Test: Removing the used lancet:
Loosen the round pro-
tective cap on a lancet
by rotating it ¼ turn,
but do not remove it.
Insert the lancet fi rmly
to cock the device.
Twist off the lancet cap.
Replace the endcap.
Up/Down
Scroll
Buttons
Getting the Blood Drop:
Press the endcap
fi rmly against the
puncture site and
press the blue
release button with
your thumb.
Stroke your hand and fi nger towards the punc-
ture site to form a drop of blood.
Touch the tip of the
test strip to the drop
of blood. The blood
is pulled into the test
strip.
Hold it in the blood
drop until the
meter beeps.
Your result* is
displayed after a 5
second countdown.
To turn your meter off,
remove the test strip.
*Your meter is preset and
locked to display results
in mmol/L. If your result is
in mg/dL, contact Bayer
Diabetes Care Helpline
1-800-268-7200.
Insert the gray end of
the test strip into test
strip port on the meter.
No coding is required.
The meter will turn on
and a test strip with a fl ashing blood drop will
appear on your meter display letting you know
the meter is ready to test.
Adjust the endcap dial
to your preferred punc-
ture depth setting.
Your CONTOUR
®
Meter:
Your C
ONTOUR
®
Test Strip:
Gray End:
Insert this end
into the test
strip port.
Sample Tip:
Blood sample
pulled in here.
Test Strip
Port
Display
Memory
Button
(On/Off,
Memory
Recall,
Enter)
Testing Your Blood:
Fingertip Testing
Need Help?
Bayer Diabetes Care Helpline: 1-800-268-7200
www.bayerdiabetes.ca
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